March 29, 2020

Two more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed (March 29th)

By Newsroom

As of this afternoon Sunday, 29th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health has reported that there are two more confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus. The Ministry of Health added that the latest case is a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19 and the second newly confirmed case is pending epidemiological investigation.

The Ministry also reported the following:

Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 525

Number of samples which have tested positive – 78

Number of deaths – 3

Number of persons discharged – 1

Of the total number of positive cases, 49 of these positive cases came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise:

  • 46 positive cases from the group of 68 nationals who returned from the cruise together
  • 3 positive cases from the group of nationals who returned from the same cruise separately from the other 68 nationals.
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